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Dutch and Taiwan | History Forum - historum. com To my knowledge, under the Koxinga-Dutch Treaty (1662) signed on 1 February, 1662 between Koxinga and Frederick Coyett, the last Dutch governor in Taiwan, the Dutch surrendered the Anping Fortress, all his officials, soldiers and civilians were free to leave with their personal belongings and supplies
Why did the Dutch empire decline | Page 2 | History Forum From that moment on the Dutch played a continues dominant rol in the almost perpetual wars with France under Louis XIV The Dutch usually provided the bulk of the allied force in these wars and suffered trough it, while Britain was finally leaving its troublesome internal past behind and was able to profit over the heads of the Dutch misfortune
Is Belgium Frankish or Belgic?. . . Or dutch? | History Forum It's why Flemish aren't Dutch (although they speak the same language (well, almost: the Dutch speak some sort of a so-called Dutch ), why Wallons aren't French It's also why the "rattachement" movements are insignificant in all three communities (cause there are Germans too)
Dutch tolerance - Colonial atrocities explode myth True, the Dutch behaved like terrible oppresors in the war of Indonesian Independence 100,000 Indonesians died in that war in comparison to less then 5,000 Dutchman Since Indonesian irregulars applied guerillia warfare on the Dutch, the Dutch Royal army had no other option then apply the same tactic on them
为什么各付各的叫做go dutch? - 知乎 Examples include Dutch courage, Dutch uncle and Dutch wife The particular stereotype associated with this usage is the idea of Dutch people as ungregarious and selfish In Spain, "going Dutch" is attributed to Catalans, due to a stereotype that they are greedy A stereotypical non-Catalan Spaniard would compete to invite the group
dutch influence in indonesia food - History Forum Some ingredients are probably introduced by Portuguese in Goa, rather than the Dutch The more slightly "Modern" ones are very likely Dutch would actually be thinking of indian style rotis, such as chapati, canai or nans when it comes to early breads, in fact aceh have canai as part of their regional dish
The Real Owners Of-Manhattan Island? - History Forum The Dutch probably regarded them as trinkets, but they weren't literally trinkets and probably very valuable to the Indians who couldn't make goods like those I am sure at the time both sides thought they were cheating the other, never mind what that small island became From the Dutch point of view, it was a ridiculously cheap price for 14,000
Why Germanys name is not France. - History Forum I'd just like to point out that the German word "Reich", or the Dutch "rijk", does not mean "empire" as such Because English lacks a direct equivalent, "empire" is often used, but a closer approximation would be the barely used word "realm" French has the same lack of an equivalent word